Washing machine



R MADSEN WASHING MACHINE Filed Oct. 28,

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Patented .lune 215, 19123.

WASHHIG MACHINE.

Application filed October 28, 1921.

To all iii/tom. 'it may concer/n:

Be it known that l, RUDOLPH MADsEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Klamath Falls, in the county of Klamath and State of Gregon, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing machines and more particularly to those of the swinging or rocking type.

rllhe object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character so constructed that the force of the water will lreep the clothes in constant motion, avoiding the necessity of employing agitators or other movable elements, which are liable to be broken or get out of order.

Another object is to provide such a ma chine with simple and efiicient clothes turn` ing means.

TWith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certa-in novel features of construction as hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a washing machine constructed in accordance with this invention, with parts of the top broken out to show the interior; and

Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal, vertical sectionthereof.

In the embodiment illustrated a supporting frame 1 is shown, constructed of any suitable material and in any desired manner. The frame shown includes end members 2, inclined upwardly and inwardly and connected near their lower ends by side bars 3, while their upper ends are connected by sidebars 4 and cross bars 5 connect the opposed end members near their lower ends.

Mounted to swing or rock in the frame 1 is a clothes and water containing receptacle 10, having rounded ends 11 and a flat top and bottom, the top being provided with a hinged closure 12, secured in closed position by suitable fasteners 13.

Vertically disposed partitions 14, formed from wire mesh, or any other suitable material, extend transversely across the receptacle 10 at points spaced inwardly from the ends thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and which are removably positioned in said receptacle 10, being slidably mounted in op* posed guides 15 carried by the side walls of the vessel. These partitions 14, form stops Serial No. 511,115.

for the clothes, when the machine is in operation, and permit the water or other cleansing fluid to pass through and be directed by the concave end walls upwardly and baclr through the partitions onto the clothes, the force of the water thus operating to keep the clothes in motion. The chamber 16, formed between the partitions 14, constitutes the clothes receiving portion of the receptacle 10, and the closure 12, is mounted over this chamber so that ready access niay be had thereto for inserting and removing the clothes. f

The outer face of the bottom of the receptacle 10 is provided at longitudinally spaced points with bearings 17, in which are journalled rods 18 which extend under the receptacle transversely across the bottom thereof and are journalled at their ends in the lower ends of the hangers 6.

rl`he hangers G, four ofwhich are employed, two on each side of the machine, extend obliquely outward and upward from the bot` tom of the receptacle and are pivotally mounted at the upper ends of the frame members 2, said hangers being of a length and so positioned that the receptacle 10 when rocked willtip at an angle of about C more or less, thereby insuring the turning` of the water and the thorough agitation of the clothes.

Extending across the inner face of the bottom of the receptacle 10 is a wedge shaped cleat 19, which is preferably con structed of galvanized iron, being substantially tl-shaped in cross section, as is shown clearly in Fig. 2, the apex of said cleat extending upwardly. rlhis cleat 19 operates as a turner for the clothes and also assists in the thorough agitation of the cleansing fluid.

Similar cleats 20 and 21 are carried by the opposed side walls of the receptacle 10 and arranged vertically thereon, as is shown clearly in Fig. 2, said cleats. 2O and 21 terminating short of the top and bottom of the receptacle 10. rlfhe 'cleats 20 and 215 which may be also termed agitators, assist in turning the clothes and they may be secured to the receptacle by any suitable means.

lt is of course understood that the receptacle 10, which. is suspended in the frame 1, may be operated by hand or any suitable power, and a handle 22 is provided for use when it is to be manually operated.

The chambers 23 and 24 at the end of the receptacle l0 may be termed water chambers and it is oi' course understood that the tip or tilt of the receptacle l() may be controlled by lengthening or shortening the hangers 6.

In operation, the machine being in the position shown in the drawings, the clothes and cleansing liuid are inserted through the opening in the top ot the receptacle l0, and the closure l2 is closed and locked. The receptacle l0 is then swung or rocked on the hangers 6, above set forth and the motion of the body so caused will throw the clothes from end to end ot the chamber 16, passing over the cleat 19, also cleats 2O and 2l and striking at the extremes of their movements againstthe screen like partitions lt. rihe cleansing Huid, of course, follows the same course` but passes through the partitions l/i vinto the chambers 23 and 2li and is directed inwardly by the concave ends of said chainbers, passing back into the chamber 16 through the screens 14 downward onto the clothes as the latter are in the act oi' moving to the opposite end of the vessel. The op'- eration is then repeated when the receptacle rocks in the opposite direction and is continued until the clothes are thoroaghh7 cleansed.

From the above description, it will be obvious that the machine constructed as herein shown and described is very simple in construction and has no movable parts within the clothes and fluid containing chambers, such as would be likely to get out oi' order or be broken.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modiiications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the 'construction without departing from the principle ol the invention or sacrificing any of its adifantages.

What l claim is:

ln a washing machine, a supporting Jtraine, a swinging receptacle carried there by and having the inner' tace oi each oi its side walls provided with a pair of spaced wrtical guides, the guides on one side wall opposing' the guides on the other side wall, a pair of transversely disposed ioraminous partitions slidably mounted in said guides and providing said receptacle centrally thereoi" with a clothes chamber, and clothes turning elements secured to each side wall and to the bottom of said receptacle.

ln testimony whereof, I affix my signature thereto.

RUDOLPH MADSEN 

